Hello BJB,Thank you for your posts. On your fish sculpture, I really do not think it is a Dino Martens piece. I looked over by book and saw that all the fish shapes he did were more intricate. Their shapes were also more natural and they looked a bit plump. Yours is the oposite, being very stramlined and thin. I have seen the fish before, but never with any labels, so I would hesitate in calling it by a specific makers name. Hope this helps a little. If anyone has documentation of a label on this type of fish, it would be great if it was posted!Thanks again.Javier

The blue in the base is not like the usual Murano colour I have seen, but that may just be because I don't normally look at the fish, as I am not a big fan of them (or the birds either :oops:) But I have to say I do quite like this one.

These two have labels - but 'Venetian glass made in Murano' and 'Made in Italy Murano Venezia' say very little - these are known as generic imports and they have been doing them since the 60s - what you need is a factory name or a label attribution that is solid - also really good makers signed on the base - all the Carlo Moretti, Nason, Venini I buy old & new is labelled and signed (I am not saying that is always the case - just with me)